KAREN WOODS
Born 1963, Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
B.F.A., California College of the Arts, Oakland, 1987 (with High Distinction)
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1985
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1984
EXHIBITIONS
2014 New York/New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2013,4 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2013 Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Charles Gill, Michael Miller and Karen Woods, Boise Art Museum
2013 In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Art in Traffic, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
2013 Upon Reflection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
2013 Palm Springs Art Fair, George Billis Gallery
2012 Artist Dialogue with Karen Woods, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
2012 Urban Intersection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2012 The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Twenty Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2011,2 Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Idaho Statehouse, Boise, ID (catalogue)
2011,2 Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery
2011 The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Is Anybody Out There?, Group Invitational, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2010 Urban Stages, CornerHouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Beth Sellars, juror (catalogue)
2010 More Than a Pretty Face, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2009 Inside Looking Out, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID (solo exhibition)
2009 Idaho Paints Idaho, Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
2009 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID
2008 Karen Woods: New Works, Stewart Gallery Summer Group Exhibition, Boise, ID
2008 R-Value: Revive Restore Reuse, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID
2007 20/20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2007 Small Works, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
2007 The Curious City Show, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Canopy: New Work by Elyce Elder and Karen Woods, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Five by Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2006 Karen Woods, Harrison Center for the Arts Gallery Annex, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Karen Woods/Michael Miller, Friesen Galleries, Nampa,, ID
2005 Fine Things, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
SELECTED PROJECTS
2013 Commissioned artwork, Surviving Minidoka, The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration, Boise
State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2010 Commissioned artwork, Quintessential Boise, an Architectural Journey, Charles Hummel et al. Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2009 Commissioned artwork, Traffic Control Box Cover Design, Capitol & Main Sts, Boise, ID
2000 Mural, River of Time, Boise State University
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
Towne, Michelle, “Karen Woods and Christopher Stott”, American Art Collector, December 2013
Van Baelen, Leen, “Karen Woods” De Morgan, Belgium
Pitchford, Geoff, “Karen Woods, Boise Idaho Painter”, Artistaday.com, November 18, 2013
Oland, Dana, “Reframing Boise’s Visual Language”, Idaho Statesman, July 19, 2013
New American Paintings, West edition, October 2013
O’Hern, John, “Final Fall”, American Art Collector, February 2013
Corriel, Michele, “Illuminations: Ones to Watch”, Western Art & Architecture, Summer/Fall 2010
Schnoor, Christopher, “Inside Looking Out at Stewart Gallery” art ltd, Jan/Feb 2010
Webb, Anna, “Five Artists Will Cover an Unusual Canvas in Boise” Idaho Statesman, May 31, 2009
Morgan, Tara, “Karen Woods Opening at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, September 24, 2009
Schnoor, Christopher, “Heavy Traffic: New Work by Karen Woods” Boise Weekly, August 20, 2008
Oland, Dana, “On the Road with Artist Karen Woods” Idaho Statesman, August 15, 2008
Schnoor, Christopher, “Fresh Visions: Kevan Smith and Karen Woods at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, December 28, 2005
Pettinger, E.J., “Well-Cultivated: The Women’s Show at Stewart Gallery”, Boise Weekly, May 19, 2004
Frost, Jim, “Branching Out: Karen Woods” Black Canyon Quarterly, Summer 2002
Schnoor, Christopher, “On the Horizon at Stewart Gallery”, Artweek, March 2000
COLLECTIONS
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (acquisition)
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (acquisition
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Boise State University, Bois,e ID
Cary Street Partners LLC, Charlotte, NC
Gary Bettis, Boise, ID
Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID
Skip and Esther Oppenheimer, Boise, ID
Boise Visual Chronicle
Givens Pursley LLP, Boise, ID
Les Bois Partners LLP, Boise, ID
Curtis Stigers and Amy O’Brien, Boise, ID
Mario Venzago, Conductor/Music Director, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 Nominated: United States Artists Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Visual Arts Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2011 Nominated: Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting, Salt Lake Art Center, UT
2010 Finalist: Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
2010 QuickFunds Project Grant for Visual Artists, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2010 Awarded Residency and Merit-based Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
Born 1963, Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
B.F.A., California College of the Arts, Oakland, 1987 (with High Distinction)
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1985
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1984
EXHIBITIONS
2014 New York/New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
2013,4 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2013 Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Charles Gill, Michael Miller and Karen Woods, Boise Art Museum
2013 In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Art in Traffic, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
2013 Upon Reflection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo exhibition)
2013 Palm Springs Art Fair, George Billis Gallery
2012 Artist Dialogue with Karen Woods, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
2012 Urban Intersection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2012 The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Twenty Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2011,2 Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Idaho Statehouse, Boise, ID (catalogue)
2011,2 Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery
2011 The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Is Anybody Out There?, Group Invitational, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2010 Urban Stages, CornerHouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Beth Sellars, juror (catalogue)
2010 More Than a Pretty Face, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2009 Inside Looking Out, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID (solo exhibition)
2009 Idaho Paints Idaho, Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
2009 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID
2008 Karen Woods: New Works, Stewart Gallery Summer Group Exhibition, Boise, ID
2008 R-Value: Revive Restore Reuse, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID
2007 20/20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2007 Small Works, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
2007 The Curious City Show, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Canopy: New Work by Elyce Elder and Karen Woods, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Five by Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2006 Karen Woods, Harrison Center for the Arts Gallery Annex, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Karen Woods/Michael Miller, Friesen Galleries, Nampa,, ID
2005 Fine Things, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
SELECTED PROJECTS
2013 Commissioned artwork, Surviving Minidoka, The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration, Boise
State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2010 Commissioned artwork, Quintessential Boise, an Architectural Journey, Charles Hummel et al. Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2009 Commissioned artwork, Traffic Control Box Cover Design, Capitol & Main Sts, Boise, ID
2000 Mural, River of Time, Boise State University
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
Towne, Michelle, “Karen Woods and Christopher Stott”, American Art Collector, December 2013
Van Baelen, Leen, “Karen Woods” De Morgan, Belgium
Pitchford, Geoff, “Karen Woods, Boise Idaho Painter”, Artistaday.com, November 18, 2013
Oland, Dana, “Reframing Boise’s Visual Language”, Idaho Statesman, July 19, 2013
New American Paintings, West edition, October 2013
O’Hern, John, “Final Fall”, American Art Collector, February 2013
Corriel, Michele, “Illuminations: Ones to Watch”, Western Art & Architecture, Summer/Fall 2010
Schnoor, Christopher, “Inside Looking Out at Stewart Gallery” art ltd, Jan/Feb 2010
Webb, Anna, “Five Artists Will Cover an Unusual Canvas in Boise” Idaho Statesman, May 31, 2009
Morgan, Tara, “Karen Woods Opening at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, September 24, 2009
Schnoor, Christopher, “Heavy Traffic: New Work by Karen Woods” Boise Weekly, August 20, 2008
Oland, Dana, “On the Road with Artist Karen Woods” Idaho Statesman, August 15, 2008
Schnoor, Christopher, “Fresh Visions: Kevan Smith and Karen Woods at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, December 28, 2005
Pettinger, E.J., “Well-Cultivated: The Women’s Show at Stewart Gallery”, Boise Weekly, May 19, 2004
Frost, Jim, “Branching Out: Karen Woods” Black Canyon Quarterly, Summer 2002
Schnoor, Christopher, “On the Horizon at Stewart Gallery”, Artweek, March 2000
COLLECTIONS
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (acquisition)
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (acquisition
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Boise State University, Bois,e ID
Cary Street Partners LLC, Charlotte, NC
Gary Bettis, Boise, ID
Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID
Skip and Esther Oppenheimer, Boise, ID
Boise Visual Chronicle
Givens Pursley LLP, Boise, ID
Les Bois Partners LLP, Boise, ID
Curtis Stigers and Amy O’Brien, Boise, ID
Mario Venzago, Conductor/Music Director, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 Nominated: United States Artists Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Visual Arts Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2011 Nominated: Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting, Salt Lake Art Center, UT
2010 Finalist: Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
2010 QuickFunds Project Grant for Visual Artists, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2010 Awarded Residency and Merit-based Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
